The History of Middle-earth: Difference between revisions

[[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] was subject to [[Attention Deficit Creator Disorder]] and perfectionism, with the result that ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' are rare among his works in that he actually finished them - though even then continually making notes for revised second editions. The vast majority of his works were in a disorganised array of disparate parts written across more than 50 years when he died. His son Christopher Tolkien put together the published version of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' using some of these parts, but later decided to present more of the source materials alone — with commentary — to demonstrate how the conception of Middle-earth had evolved across the years.